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Re:Why is Google cutting off Search from AI-free schools? He... by galleywest200 on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:01PM (#50486353)
Right now if you google "zelda" a Master Sword will appear in the bottom right corner. If you click on the sword it will open a 1998 version google with a search of "zelda".

They clearly have the ability to disable AI in search but just refuse to.

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Re:Why is Google cutting off Search from AI-free schools? He... by dieortin on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:25PM (#50489968)
What you’re calling “a 1998 version Google” is obviously just a visual skin. The search results are the same ones, so the ranking algorithms are the same, and AFAIK it’s well known that they’ve used AI for a while.
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